Magistrates, who were also local officials, often quoted Confucian classics in judging property and family disputes.
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信洋教,说洋话,有事情可以一直地找宛平县的县太爷去,要不怎么连官面上都不惹他呢!
Follows their religion, speak their language. Whenever he wants something done he goes straight to the Magistrate of Wanping County. Why else would even officials be afraid of provoking him?